-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Florida case of a trooper ticketing a Miami police officer in his squad car for driving 120 miles per hour `` is a simple misunderstanding that has been blown out of proportion , '' the officer 's attorney said Friday .

Officer Fausto Lopez , 35 , of Miami was handcuffed at gunpoint last month and charged with second-degree reckless driving , a misdemeanor , according to the Florida Highway Patrol . Lopez , who was speeding on the Florida Turnpike , was released shortly after , authorities said .

Lopez was accused of weaving his marked police car through traffic at more than 120 miles an hour so he could be on time for his off-duty job , authorities said . He led Florida trooper D.J. Watts on a seven-minute , nearly 12-mile chase in the predawn darkness of October 11 , a highway patrol report said .

`` It was an unfortunate situation that happened , and although Officer Lopez may have been going too fast , the Florida Highway Patrol trooper clearly overreacted , '' Bill Matthewman , Lopez 's attorney , told CNN . `` This matter was very much blown out of proportion . ''

`` Officer Fausto LÃ ³ pez is a good police officer who has worked as a uniform patrol officer on the streets of Miami for nearly six years , protecting the citizens of Miami , '' Matthewman said separately in a statement . `` The allegation that he was driving his police vehicle 120 mph is not accurate and is disputed . He was not driving recklessly , and a review of the videotape shows he was not driving recklessly . ''

Meanwhile , the highway patrol released the audio recording of the dispatch call made by state Trooper Donna Jane Watts as she pursued Lopez on the Turnpike , also Florida State Route 91 , according to CNN affiliate WSVN .

`` I do n't know what agency he is . I 'm on 91 almost to Sunrise . He 's well over 120 and he 's not stopping , '' Watts said .

The audio and video of the chase were recorded at 6:30 a.m. on October 11 . That is when Watts spotted a speeding vehicle on the Turnpike .

`` All I can see is a white patrol car with blue or something like that , bright lights . It would be a Miami or D.O.T. , and I 'm sure it 's not D.O.T. , '' she said to the dispatcher .

Then an unidentified person on the radio tells Watts : `` If they tell you it 's a patrol car , just have her back off . ''

Watts was driving on the turnpike when the white marked Miami police car blew by and `` crossed over all lanes of traffic , '' according to the state highway patrol report .

She could n't overtake the Miami police car `` due to the unit traveling extremely reckless , in and out of traffic at high rates of speed , in excess of 120 mph , '' according to the report .

The Miami officer ignored the state patrol officer 's siren and lights -- and even `` accelerated '' at times and continued changing lanes , the report said .

At one point , the Miami officer slowed to 78 miles an hour , but sped up again , the highway patrol said .

Finally , the Miami officer , wearing his uniform , pulled over his squad car at 6:35 a.m. in Hollywood . A state highway patrol video shows the state trooper pulling out her service handgun as she approached the police car with the officer seated behind the wheel .

The Miami police officer `` stated that he was en route to an off-duty work detail and that he had to be there by 7:00 a.m. , '' Watts wrote in her report .

On the Florida Highway Patrol offense report , the document lists Lopez ' occupation as `` police officer '' whose employer is `` City of Miami Police Departmen -LRB- t -RRB- '' and lists the style of automobile as `` police car , '' a white 2008 Crown Victoria .

Miami Police Detective Willie Moreno told CNN affiliate WFOR in Miami last month that the department will determine whether to take any action against Lopez after a judge rules on his case .

The turnpike 's website nicknames the highway `` The Less Stressway . ''

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The attorney for Miami Officer Fausto Lopez says the case is a `` misunderstanding ''

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Lopez was ticketed for reckless driving in his squad car at 120 mph on the Florida Turnpike

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Lopez was in a hurry to get to his off-duty job

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The case is `` blown out of proportion , '' attorney says